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I know this has come up before, so maybe it's worth discussing.
Joe is from New Zealand. He's been a medic for 10 years and wants to move to the US so he can really practice EMS like he's always wanted (running dialysis calls). But he doesn't know how to get in with the NREMT or state licenses. He's getting frustrated and has called 50 state EMS boards to no avail. They don't accept New Zealand and won't let him do the renal roundup.
Enter Israel. MDA- Magen David Adom- the Red Star of David. He goes to Israel, volunteers with MDA and challenged their medic test. He now has a shiny MDA medic card. Official, stamped with a little bit of chumus on it.
Not all, but some US states (like IL) will accept it. When I was working BLS in IL a bunch of my co-workers had done a 60 (sixty!!) hour BLS course in Israel and the IDPH gave them EMT-B cards. (And to think I went to Basic school for 140 hours.)
Eh? Thoughts? Chag Sukkot sameach.
Joe is from New Zealand. He's been a medic for 10 years and wants to move to the US so he can really practice EMS like he's always wanted (running dialysis calls). But he doesn't know how to get in with the NREMT or state licenses. He's getting frustrated and has called 50 state EMS boards to no avail. They don't accept New Zealand and won't let him do the renal roundup.
Enter Israel. MDA- Magen David Adom- the Red Star of David. He goes to Israel, volunteers with MDA and challenged their medic test. He now has a shiny MDA medic card. Official, stamped with a little bit of chumus on it.
Not all, but some US states (like IL) will accept it. When I was working BLS in IL a bunch of my co-workers had done a 60 (sixty!!) hour BLS course in Israel and the IDPH gave them EMT-B cards. (And to think I went to Basic school for 140 hours.)
Eh? Thoughts? Chag Sukkot sameach.